Re: French GUI Standards

Subject: Re: French GUI Standards
From: fgraham -at- intrinsyc -dot- com
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 14:15:24 -0600


Shawna asks:
>>je voudrais savoir si on utilise l'infinitif ou la deuxième personne
>>du pluriel dans les menus: "Create a layer" devient "Créer une couche"
>>ou "Créez une couche"?

I would suggest the "imperatif" form, with the implied subject being
"vous"--as you say, "la deuxième personne du pluriel".

Just like the English "imperative", imperatif serves to suggest or order,
and is usually conjugated similarly to the present tense but without the
subject.

So, I would say: "Utilisez l'imperatif, Shawna."

:) Flora


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